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  1 Intro,2|         works, word and sacrament, prayer and action, clergy and laity,
  2 Intro,4|        worship as fervent communal prayer, as a spiritually transforming
  3 Intro,5|    brothers and sisters by fervent prayer and humble action.~ The
  4 Intro,6|           genuine repentance, deep prayer and spiritual renewal. The
  5 2,2    |            the context of communal prayer and worship. In antiquity
  6 2,2    |     epiklesis) in the consecration prayer of the Liturgy of St. John
  7 2,2    |          of St. John Chrysostom, a prayer directed to the Father,
  8 2,2    |         Amen. Amen.[47]~ ~The same prayer offers thanks to God the
  9 2,2    |        recited in the consecration prayer as a prayer to the Father: “
 10 2,2    |           consecration prayer as a prayer to the Father: “You so loved
 11 2,3    |         lives of God's people. The prayer for the lectionary lesson
 12 2,4    |            advanced in the life of prayer, and whose knowledge of
 13 2,4    |           his sins through fervent prayer, he unexpectedly beheld
 14 2,4    |         for enlightenment, fervent prayer, and faithful obedience
 15 2,5    |    theology of communion, a joy in prayer, a depth of spiritual wisdom,
 16 3,2    |          The commission pointed to prayer, clear teaching and the
 17 3,2    |         personal faith inspired by prayer, enlivened by a mystical
 18 3,2    |           with Christ, nurtured by prayer and worship, and communicated
 19 3,2    |          the Orthodox way of life. Prayer and worship constitute long
 20 3,2    |       faithful to the treasures of prayer and worship themselves.
 21 3,2    |    centered on Christ, filled with prayer, and penetrating all parish
 22 3,4    |       spiritual growth by means of prayer and holiness of conduct.
 23 3,4    |         from a disciplined life of prayer and a sense of Christian
 24 4,2    |            encountered in personal prayer, worship and daily life.
 25 4,2    |            17:5), and the majestic prayer of Jesus in Mt. 11:25-27:~ ~
 26 4,2    |            as I recited the Lord’s Prayer. I never thought of the
 27 4,2    |            It still functions as a prayer, a hymn, a song of faith,
 28 4,3    |       magisterial work on biblical prayer entitled, They Cried to
 29 4,3    |           and Theology of Biblical Prayer (1994), Patrick D. Miller
 30 4,3    | Trinitarian Character of Christian Prayer” (pp. 314-321). Miller defines
 31 4,3    |    specific character of Christian prayer, and for that matter the
 32 4,3    |            same central subject of prayer and life, it is the unique
 33 5,1    |                                    Prayer in Scripture and Tradition.~
 34 5,1    |          Scripture and Tradition.~ Prayer is both a “holy art” and “
 35 5,1    |        gift and a task. As a gift, prayer is the power of God’s grace
 36 5,1    |          of God’s life. As a task, prayer is unceasing struggle to
 37 5,1    |            the Liturgy to labor in prayer committing “ourselves and
 38 5,1    |             lift up our hearts” in prayer to experience the grace
 39 5,1    |           kingdom. It is said that prayer is the very soul of Orthodoxy,
 40 5,1    |        Christian’s conscience.~ If prayer is the soul of Orthodoxy,
 41 5,1    |         the saints are filled with prayer and prayerfulness, as they
 42 5,1    |          Writing and reading about prayer may be inspirational, but
 43 5,1    |          Only the actual “work” of prayer, both private and corporate,
 44 5,1    |           can become the “gift” of prayer releasing the grace and
 45 5,1    |          and eager efforts through prayer in the context of our personal
 46 5,2    |                        Examples of Prayer.~ The primary example of
 47 5,2    |             The primary example of prayer is Jesus Himself. Jesus
 48 5,2    |          Jews and in a religion of prayer. The Gospel of Luke (chaps.
 49 5,2    |       whose lives were filled with prayer. When Mary visited her cousin
 50 5,2    |           three times a day. A key prayer was the biblical creed of
 51 5,2    |           Jews, Jesus was a man of prayer. He regularly prayed at
 52 5,2    |            robbers” to a “house of prayer for all the nations” (Mk
 53 5,2    |          Christ practiced solitary prayer away from the crowds and
 54 5,2    |          all night He continued in prayer to God” (Lk. 6:12). On one
 55 5,2    |          breath on the Cross was a prayer: “Father, to Your hands
 56 5,2    |            Nor was His devotion to prayer merely for pedagogical reasons,
 57 5,2    |         His disciples and us about prayer. He both needed and rejoiced
 58 5,2    |        both needed and rejoiced in prayer. He found prayer a source
 59 5,2    |       rejoiced in prayer. He found prayer a source of comfort, refreshment
 60 5,2    |    strength to fulfil His mission. Prayer was a way He affirmed and
 61 5,2    |           us that Christ’s life of prayer was as real as it was powerful.
 62 5,2    |        archetype of deep, personal prayer.~ Another example of prayer
 63 5,2    |        prayer.~ Another example of prayer is the Apostle Paul, the
 64 5,2    |       Saint Paul was also a man of prayer, indeed a mystic of Christ
 65 5,2    |           thought were filled with prayer and prayerfulness. Large
 66 5,2    |           them, “strive with me in prayer to God” (Rom. 15:30). To
 67 5,2    |     anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
 68 5,2    |        following three examples of prayer are drawn from the Church
 69 5,2    |            was a man of action and prayer. Endowed with exceptional
 70 5,2    |         strict fasting and private prayer, while his public witness
 71 5,2    |         deep faith and the life of prayer. The man with the golden
 72 5,2    |           the golden words counted prayer as his great inspiration.
 73 5,2    |        principle was: “First comes prayer and then words” (Proteron
 74 5,2    |          last words were in fact a prayer: “Glory be to God for all
 75 5,2    |    wondrous event! For Saint John, prayer fulfils a similar spiritual
 76 5,2    |        similar spiritual function. Prayer draws the “electrical” charge
 77 5,2    |       first ray of light is lit by prayer. Prayer gives the first
 78 5,2    |            light is lit by prayer. Prayer gives the first hint of
 79 5,2    |            what we are seeking and prayer awakens more fervently the
 80 5,2    |         the mind and heart to God. Prayer is the beginning and basis
 81 5,2    |        special gift was to combine prayer and study. He was a man
 82 5,2    |        summary of his teachings on prayer may be found in a valuable
 83 5,2    |      anthology entitled The Art of Prayer. His chief aim was to show
 84 5,2    |      growth. The key was heartfelt prayer and a disciplined life of
 85 5,2    |          and a disciplined life of prayer. By prayer, believers truly
 86 5,2    |     disciplined life of prayer. By prayer, believers truly attained
 87 5,2    |         works. For Saint Theophan, prayer summed up the essence of
 88 5,2    |           the fire of divine love. Prayer is the basis, criterion
 89 5,2    |            He writes in The Art of Prayer:~ ~What is prayer? Prayer
 90 5,2    |           Art of Prayer:~ ~What is prayer? Prayer is the test of everything;
 91 5,2    |          Prayer:~ ~What is prayer? Prayer is the test of everything;
 92 5,2    |         director of everything. If prayer is right, everything~is
 93 5,2    |        right, everything~is right. Prayer will not allow anything
 94 5,2    |         are not successful in your prayer,~do not expect success in
 95 5,3    |                                    Prayer as Invocation.~ Prayer is
 96 5,3    |             Prayer as Invocation.~ Prayer is defined by a variety
 97 5,3    |          several of these forms. A prayer may begin with the praise
 98 5,3    |       words of praise to God. Or a prayer may begin with thanksgiving,
 99 5,3    |            However, the meaning of prayer is defined not only by the
100 5,3    |            by the various forms of prayer but also by the very nature
101 5,3    |         also by the very nature of prayer as an act of personal of
102 5,3    |           to define the essence of prayer. Three such elements disclose
103 5,3    |           may call the theology of prayer: invocation, relationship
104 5,3    |            and communion.~ What is prayer as invocation? To pray is
105 5,3    |      something about the nature of prayer itself.~ Concerning God,
106 5,3    |          we turn to and address in prayer is accessible and approachable.
107 5,3    |             We can approach Him in prayer because He is accessible.
108 5,3    |          we can invoke His name in prayer knowing that He is always
109 5,3    |      something about the nature of prayer itself. To call upon the
110 5,3    |            divine fire. Many avoid prayer because of the discomfort
111 5,3    |          transformed, are drawn to prayer. The saints counsel that
112 5,3    |      counsel that we must approach prayer not routinely and formally,
113 5,3    |        presence of the living God. Prayer as invocation brings us
114 5,4    |                                    Prayer as Relationship.~ A second
115 5,4    |        second essential element of prayer is relationship. Prayer
116 5,4    |            prayer is relationship. Prayer as relationship reveals
117 5,4    |            power in the mystery of prayer. Most of us pray in time
118 5,4    |        spend more time with Him in prayer and look after our Christian
119 5,4    |         Christian lives with care, prayer can lead us into deeper
120 5,4    |          thoughts and activities.~ Prayer is a way of looking into
121 5,4    |          Him to look into our own. Prayer is a way of talking and
122 5,4    |           through regular times of prayer. Working for such a relationship
123 5,4    |       cleansing and transfiguring. Prayer does not diminish us. Rather
124 5,4    |            and tradition exemplify prayer as relationship. To pray
125 5,4    |         pray is to speak with God. Prayer as dialogue suggests a continuous
126 5,4    |     relationship with God in which prayer is not only talking with
127 5,4    |         uses the striking image of prayer as a mirror, or the light
128 5,4    |        where we stand spiritually. Prayer as true dialogue is a conversational
129 5,4    |   completely honest because formal prayer and ritual can sometimes
130 5,4    |           Another image is that of prayer as food for the soul. Prayer
131 5,4    |       prayer as food for the soul. Prayer provides needed daily spiritual
132 5,4    |         the constant food of daily prayer.~ Saint John of Kronstadt
133 5,4    |        additional striking images. Prayer is spiritual breathing gardening.
134 5,4    |          receiving renewing power. Prayer is the ongoing spiritual
135 5,4    |            modern age, let us call prayer spiritual air-conditioning.
136 5,4    |        spiritual air-conditioning. Prayer, according to Saint John
137 5,4    |             Attentive, persevering prayer plants spiritual flowers
138 5,4    |            a theological student: “Prayer for the Christian is like
139 5,4    |         out and eventually dies.”~ Prayer as relationship is anchored
140 5,4    |    community — God’s holy people.~ Prayer as relationship entails
141 5,4    |        accomplish selfish designs. Prayer is a dynamic, free-flowing
142 5,4    |    question is that of “unanswered prayer.” A story tells of a man
143 5,4    |        easy answers to “unanswered prayer.” As believers, we point
144 5,4    |      corruption. The experience of prayer gave Him, just as it did
145 5,4    |         came out of the Gethsemane prayer with new assurance and strengthened
146 5,4    |            God’s will.~ Unanswered prayer? I do not believe there
147 5,5    |                                    Prayer as Communion.~ Prayer as
148 5,5    |              Prayer as Communion.~ Prayer as communion is the highest
149 5,5    |       considerations indicate that prayer as communion reveals the
150 5,5    |       transforming reality through prayer above all because prayer
151 5,5    |           prayer above all because prayer is the most direct and personal
152 5,5    |           reflect theologically on prayer as communion was Origen,
153 5,5    |           all time. In his work On Prayer Origen conceived of the
154 5,5    |          of the highest purpose of prayer as participation in the
155 5,5    |  participation in the life of God. Prayer was neither to inform God
156 5,5    |            the radiance of God. In prayer the believer is “mingled” (
157 5,5    |            becomes “a single great prayer.” In the same line of thought
158 5,5    |         student of Origen, defined prayer as the highest spiritual
159 5,5    |            God. In his own work On Prayer published in The Philokalia,
160 5,5    |          the classic definition of prayer as true theology, that is
161 5,5    |            of communion shows that prayer is not merely a means to
162 5,5    |          an end in itself. Through prayer we seek not merely the gifts
163 5,5    |        that the primary purpose of prayer is to attain divine love.
164 5,5    |            saints have referred to prayer as “heaven in the heart,” “
165 5,5    |        spoken of various depths of prayer — prayer of the mind, the
166 5,5    |         various depths of prayer — prayer of the mind, the heart,
167 5,5    |       Pilgrim, through the life of prayer the pilgrim came to know
168 5,5    |          know that the “mystery of prayer is a foretaste on earth
169 5,5    |          the practice of the Jesus Prayer, the pilgrim was astonished
170 5,5    |            attained to self-acting prayer of the heart. Inexpressible
171 5,5    |         repentance to perfection.~ Prayer is the existential, energizing
172 5,5    |      relationship with Him through prayer, we become conscious of
173 5,5    |    presence and power. The goal of prayer is full mystical union and
174 5,5    |          on earth. The elements of prayer as invocation, relationship
175 5,5    |     involves the highest levels of prayer as communion and belongs
176 5,5    |         occurred in the context of prayer. The Evangelist Luke notes
177 5,5    |           entire nights to fervent prayer for the forgiveness of his
178 5,5    |  forgiveness of his sins. While in prayer, and quite unexpectedly,
179 5,5    |        writes that in concentrated prayer, the soul is inflamed with
180 5,5    |       better off practicing humble prayer and seeking God’s guidance
181 5,5    |            sober lesson lies here. Prayer as communion may grant us
182 6,1    |    monastic duties and the life of prayer with singular devotion.
183 6,1    |         novice, Simeon was given a prayer rope (a “rosary”) and was
184 6,1    |           and was taught the Jesus Prayer — “Lord Jesus Christ, Son
185 6,1    |       Mother of God, and the Jesus Prayer entered into my heart.”[
186 6,1    |            high state of spiritual prayer, known to Orthodox Saints
187 6,1    |            Holy Spirit. Called the prayer of the heart, it is a high
188 6,1    |            as worship, the life of prayer, reading of the Bible and
189 6,1    |            his devotion to private prayer, that provided the nourishment
190 6,1    |           of God, the Holy Spirit, prayer, the inner spiritual struggle,
191 6,2    |            daily Christian living, prayer and deep yearning for the
192 6,2    |    obedient to God, and fervent in prayer. How personal knowledge
193 6,4    |                                    Prayer.~ Prayer occupies a central
194 6,4    |                           Prayer.~ Prayer occupies a central position
195 6,4    |      identifiable with progress in prayer. By prayer is meant not
196 6,4    |        with progress in prayer. By prayer is meant not only frequent
197 6,4    |     frequent private and corporate prayer, but a life of prayer, a
198 6,4    |    corporate prayer, but a life of prayer, a spiritual condition of
199 6,4    |          of the personal nature of prayer and the immediacy with which
200 6,4    |    believer before the living God, prayer is the delicate instrument
201 6,4    |            s life was dominated by prayer. From the day he entered
202 6,4    |   monastery he practiced the Jesus Prayer and soon was granted true
203 6,4    |          and soon was granted true prayer of the heart through the
204 6,4    |          wonder that Silouan found prayer a mighty weapon in his struggles,
205 6,4    |          share with his readers on prayer. Prayer is equally for all.
206 6,4    |        with his readers on prayer. Prayer is equally for all. The
207 6,4    |            of one who struggles in prayer and will give him more strength
208 6,4    |          strength and knowledge in prayer. A child cannot walk except
209 6,4    |            taking his first steps. Prayer comes with praying. But
210 6,4    |       Silouan: “The Lord will give prayer to him who prays; and he
211 6,4    |         him to taste the fruits of prayer.”[113]~ Silouan does not
212 6,4    |     provide a formal definition of prayer. Yet it is clear from his
213 6,4    |      notations that true spiritual prayer is to dwell with the mind
214 6,4    |          think of God is already a prayer. The Staretz counsels that
215 6,4    |          Remembrance of God begets prayer. But without prayer who
216 6,4    |         begets prayer. But without prayer who can love God? If one
217 6,4    |          divine love comes through prayer.~ Prayer is always and everywhere
218 6,4    |        love comes through prayer.~ Prayer is always and everywhere
219 6,4    |           to practice daily inward prayer. The person who loves God
220 6,4    |        indulgence are the death of prayer.~ What is one to ask in
221 6,4    |              What is one to ask in prayer? The believer should pray
222 6,4    |            all situations. Genuine prayer is accompanied by peace
223 6,4    |       doubts about the efficacy of prayer and their fears about deception.
224 6,4    |          For Silouan the fruits of prayer, such as divine love, humility,
225 6,4    |         testify to the veracity of prayer:~ ~Some there are who say
226 6,4    |        Some there are who say that prayer beguiles. This is not so.
227 6,4    |           his own self, and not by prayer. All the saints lived in
228 6,4    |            All the saints lived in prayer, and called~others to prayer.
229 6,4    |       prayer, and called~others to prayer. Prayer is the path to God.
230 6,4    |           called~others to prayer. Prayer is the path to God. By prayer
231 6,4    |      Prayer is the path to God. By prayer we obtain humility, patience~
232 6,4    |         The man who speaks against prayer has manifestly never~experienced
233 6,4    |           filled every moment~with prayer.[114]~ ~What about the problem
234 6,4    |          the problem of unanswered prayer? According to Silouan, not
235 6,4    |      According to Silouan, not one prayer nor a single good thought
236 6,4    |      prayers.~ The highest form of prayer is the interior prayer of
237 6,4    |          of prayer is the interior prayer of the heart, a spontaneous
238 6,4    |      receives the gift of interior prayer from the Lord Himself, and
239 6,4    |         the Lord Himself, and such prayer continues without difficulty
240 6,4    |            attains to such perfect prayer and continually dwells in
241 6,4    |      Christ. This dynamic state of prayer is a sublime gift and, cautions
242 6,4    |           the fruits or heights of prayer.~ ~
243 6,5    |          active.” True activity is prayer, a dynamic spiritual condition
244 6,5    |        from evil~thoughts (through prayer). Remember that all men
245 6,5    |       thoughts immediately through prayer. Should an evil thought
246 6,5    |            to Christ through inner prayer, such as the Jesus Prayer,
247 6,5    |          prayer, such as the Jesus Prayer, which being brief and powerful,
248 6,5    |      disturbance, without frequent prayer and vigilant resolve to
249 6,5    |         and you lose confidence in prayer. Be fond of glory, power
250 7,2    |           in a Christian's life of prayer will provide the diagnosis
251 7,3    |            namely, in the worship, prayer, study, work, recreation,
252 7,4    |     ascetic disciplines of regular prayer, fasting, and meditative
253 7,4    |   Practical discernment knows that prayer brings one before God's
254 7,4    |         purity, and a life of deep prayer.~ Many examples of spiritual
255 7,5    |       renewed emphasis on worship, prayer, and relevant topics in
256 9,2    |            Church had gathered for prayer, the Holy Spirit was poured
257 9,3    |       Temple to make it a house of prayer, not trade. He faced arrest,
258 10,1   |       wilderness who led a life of prayer, a story is told about an
259 10,3   |         teaching, faith and works, prayer and action, freedom and
260 10,5   |            as inward vigilance and prayer, as well as to the outer
261 11,2   |          you from evil. This is my prayer every night.~ ~The children
262 11,3   |           and say that, after much prayer and long thinking, I have
263 11,4   |          Evagrios the Solitary, On Prayer: One Hundred and Fifty-Three